It would have been downright rude not to assist with Gertrude! A two to three-year-old Lab mix, Gertrude arrived as a stray at the Darlington County Humane Society shelter in South Carolina on June 6th. Gertrude had three strikes against her: she is black, which places her at higher risk; she was very shy, which makes her less appealing for most rescues; and she was one of many dogs in an overcrowded, rural shelter.